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SENTINEL-2A red-edge spectral indices suitability for discriminating burn severity by Fernandez-Mansoa, Alfonso, Fernandez-Mansob, Oscar, Quintanoc, Carmen

“…Fires are a problematic and recurrent issue in Mediterranean ecosystems. Accurate discrimination between burn severity levels is essential for the…”
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Normalised difference spectral indices and urban land cover as indicators of land surface temperature (LST) by Alexander, Cici

“…•Difference in LST between warm and cold zones in a high-latitude city up to 13.26 °C.•Spectral index (Landsat 8) using NIR and SWIR2 strongly correlated with…”
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Improved estimation of leaf area index and leaf chlorophyll content of a potato crop using multi-angle spectral data – potential of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery by Roosjen, Peter P.J, Brede, Benjamin, Suomalainen, Juha M, Bartholomeus, Harm M, Kooistra, Lammert, Clevers, Jan G.P.W

“…In addition to single-angle reflectance data, multi-angular observations can be used as an additional information source for the retrieval of properties of an…”
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Remote estimation of crop and grass chlorophyll and nitrogen content using red-edge bands on Sentinel-2 and -3 by Clevers, J.G.P.W, Gitelson, A.A

“…Sentinel-2 is planned for launch in 2014 by the European Space Agency and it is equipped with the Multi Spectral Instrument (MSI), which will provide images…”
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High density biomass estimation for wetland vegetation using WorldView-2 imagery and random forest regression algorithm by Mutanga, Onisimo, Adam, Elhadi, Cho, Moses Azong

“…The saturation problem associated with the use of NDVI for biomass estimation in high canopy density vegetation is a well known phenomenon. Recent field…”
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Effects of prediction accuracy of the proportion of vegetation cover on land surface emissivity and temperature using the NDVI threshold method by Neinavaz, Elnaz, Skidmore, Andrew K., Darvishzadeh, Roshanak

“…•Prediction accuracy of the proportion of vegetation cover (PV) improves using an artificial neural network.•Variation in the accuracy of the PV affected…”
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Spatially non-stationary effect of underlying driving factors on surface urban heat islands in global major cities by Li, Long, Zha, Yong, Zhang, Jiahua

“…•The surface urban heat island effect across global big cities is evaluated.•A geographically weighted regression model is established.•The local regression…”
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Estimation of canopy attributes in beech forests using true colour digital images from a small fixed-wing UAV by Chianucci, Francesco, Disperati, Leonardo, Guzzi, Donatella, Bianchini, Daniele, Nardino, Vanni, Lastri, Cinzia, Rindinella, Andrea, Corona, Piermaria

“…Accurate estimates of forest canopy are essential for the characterization of forest ecosystems. Remotely-sensed techniques provide a unique way to obtain…”
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Global rain-fed, irrigated, and paddy croplands: A new high resolution map derived from remote sensing, crop inventories and climate data by Salmon, JMeghan, Friedl, Mark A, Frolking, Steve, Wisser, Dominik, Douglas, Ellen M

“…Irrigation accounts for 70% of global water use by humans and 33-40% of global food production comes from irrigated croplands. Accurate and timely information…”
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Performance of vegetation indices from Landsat time series in deforestation monitoring by Schultz, Michael, Clevers, Jan G.P.W, Carter, Sarah, Verbesselt, Jan, Avitabile, Valerio, Quang, Hien Vu, Herold, Martin

“…The performance of Landsat time series (LTS) of eight vegetation indices (VIs) was assessed for monitoring deforestation across the tropics. Three sites were…”
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A systematic comparison of different object-based classification techniques using high spatial resolution imagery in agricultural environments by Lia, Manchun, Maa, Lei, Blaschkeb, Thomas, Chenga, Liang, Tiedeb, Dirk

“…Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) is becoming more prevalent in remote sensing classification, especially for high-resolution imagery. Many…”
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Forest biomass retrieval approaches from earth observation in different biomes by Persson, Henrik, Fransson, Johan E.S.

“…The amount and spatial distribution of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) were estimated using a range of regionally developed methods using Earth Observation…”
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Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to capture micro-topography of Antarctic moss beds by Lucieer, Arko, Turner, Darren, King, Diana, Robinson, Sharon

“…Mosses, the dominant flora of East Antarctica, show evidence of drying in recent decades, likely due to the regional effects of climate change. Given the…”
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Remote Sensing Based Yield Monitoring: Application to Winter Wheat in United States and Ukraine by Franch, B., Vermote, E. F., Skakun, S., Roger, J. C., Becker-Reshef, I., Murphy, E., Justice, C.

“…Accurate and timely crop yield forecasts are critical for making informed agricultural policies and investments, as well as increasing market efficiency and…”
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Flood detection from multi-temporal SAR data using harmonic analysis and change detection by Schlaffer, Stefan, Matgen, Patrick, Hollaus, Markus, Wagner, Wolfgang

“…Flood mapping from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data has attracted considerable attention in recent years. Most available algorithms typically focus on…”
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Urban growth and environmental impacts in Jing-Jin-Ji, the Yangtze, River Delta and the Pearl River Delta by Haas, Jan, Ban, Yifang

“…This study investigates land cover changes, magnitude and speed of urbanization and evaluates possible impacts on the environment by the concepts of landscape…”
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A quantitative framework for analysing long term spatial clustering and vegetation fragmentation in an urban landscape using multi-temporal landsat data by Kowe, Pedzisai, Mutanga, Onisimo, Odindi, John, Dube, Timothy

“…•Landscape metrics indices and the forest fragmentation model captured long term temporal dynamics of vegetation fragmentation.•Local Indicators of Spatial…”
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A review on spectral processing methods for geological remote sensing by Asadzadeh, Saeid, Filho, Carlos Roberto de Souza

“…In this work, many of the fundamental and advanced spectral processing methods available to geologic remote sensing are reviewed. A novel categorization scheme…”
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Roles of horizontal and vertical tree canopy structure in mitigating daytime and nighttime urban heat island effects by Chen, Jike, Jin, Shuangen, Du, Peijun

“…[Display omitted] •Tree canopy showed stronger influence on UHI during the day than the night.•Composition of tree canopy was the most influential in…”
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Tree species classification using Sentinel-2 imagery and Bayesian inference by Axelsson, Arvid, Lindberg, Eva, Reese, Heather, Olsson, Håkan

“…•Bayesian inference allows a stream of image data to be classified sequentially.•The method also allows for pixel level differences in data history.•An overall…”
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